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Kimberly-Clark stock buybacks

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$21Mbought back in the 12 months to Jun 30, 2026

Kimberly-Clark bought back $21M of its stock in the last twelve months, but paid out $110M more than that in stock compensation. Its share count is up 0.0% from a year earlier.

Stock repurchases by quarter
$0$300M$600MQ3 '20Q3 '21Q3 '22Q3 '23Q3 '24Q2 '26
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PeriodValue
Q3 '20$186M
Q4 '20$251M
Q1 '21$169M
Q2 '21$162M
Q3 '21$62M
Q4 '21$7M
Q1 '22$25M
Q2 '22$24M
Q3 '22$25M
Q4 '22$26M
Q1 '23$30M
Q2 '23$33M
Q3 '23$32M
Q4 '23$130M
Q1 '24$54M
Q2 '24$102M
Q3 '24$596M
Q4 '24$248M
Q1 '25$61M
Q2 '25$59M
Q3 '25$20M
Q4 '25$1M
Q1 '26$0
Q2 '26$0
Diluted shares outstanding
333.5M337.7M341.9MQ3 '20Q3 '21Q3 '22Q3 '23Q3 '24Q3 '25Q2 '26
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PeriodValue
Q3 '20342.3M
Q4 '20341.7M
Q1 '21339.4M
Q2 '21338.3M
Q3 '21337.5M
Q4 '21340.0M
Q1 '22338.2M
Q2 '22338.3M
Q3 '22338.3M
Q4 '22338.4M
Q1 '23338.6M
Q2 '23338.9M
Q3 '23338.9M
Q4 '23338.8M
Q1 '24338.3M
Q2 '24338.0M
Q3 '24337.2M
Q4 '24334.5M
Q1 '25333.3M
Q2 '25333.3M
Q3 '25333.1M
Q4 '25333.1M
Q1 '26333.2M
Q2 '26333.3M
$0last quarter (Q2 2026)
−$110Mnet of stock compensation ($131M)
0.0%diluted shares, 1 year
−2.7%diluted shares, 5 years
$1.7Bdividends, 12 months
1%of free cash flow ($1.8B) spent on buybacks
$0raised by issuing stock, 12 months
332.6Mshares outstanding (Jul 28, 2026)

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearBuybacksDividendsStock payFree cash flowDiluted sharesFiling
2025$141M$1.7B$140M$1.6B333.2M10-K
2024$1.0B$1.6B$131M$2.5B337.0M10-K
2023$225M$1.6B$169M$2.8B338.8M10-K
2022$100M$1.6B$150M$1.9B338.3M10-K
2021$400M—$26M$1.7B338.8M10-K
2020$700M—$147M$2.5B342.5M10-K
2019$800M—$96M$1.5B345.6M10-K
2018$800M—$41M$2.1B349.6M10-K
2017$911M—$76M$2.1B355.9M10-K
2016$739M—$77M$2.5B361.7M10-K

Questions

Does Kimberly-Clark buy back its stock?
Kimberly-Clark bought back $21M of its stock in the last twelve months, but paid out $110M more than that in stock compensation. Its share count is up 0.0% from a year earlier.
How much did Kimberly-Clark spend on buybacks in fiscal 2025?
$141M, according to its 10-K for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025.
Is Kimberly-Clark's share count going down?
Its diluted share count changed −2.7% over five fiscal years and 0.0% over the last year.

Latest filing used: 10-Q for the period ending Jun 30, 2026, filed Aug 4, 2026 · open on SEC.gov

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